Summary
This host is running Nagios and is prone to cross site scripting vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in the context of an affected site.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Nagios version 3.3.1 or later,
For updates refer to http://www.nagios.org/
Insight
The flaw is caused by improper validation of user-supplied input passed via the 'expand' parameter in cgi-bin/config.cgi, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary HTML and script code on the web server.
Affected
Nagios versions 3.2.3 and prior.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-2179 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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